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Tony tonytech08 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 22 20:19:35 PST 2008


"Jarrett Billingsley" <jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.24.1227190464.22690.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Tony <tonytech08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> (...lots of stuff...)
>
> I'm not actually going to reply to your post.  Not because I feel
> you've "beaten" me or something, but because, well, you're obviously
> unconvincable,

At least you admit that you had an agenda. Good for you man.

> and I don't feel like responding to each and every one
> of your seventy-four thousand comments.

Sometimes I feel cordial enough to address peoples' responses thoroughly 
(read: procrastination). It's fun, I like to think.

> You post a thread asking if
> people think D is the next "PASCAL"

And give the context, for me, that makes me ponder that. Don't miss that, it 
is the gist of the whole post!

>  (it IS NOT all CAPS, by the way),

OK, Pascal it is. (But I'll bet there was at one time long ago, some attempt 
be some people to disambiguate the meaning that way).

> never really defining what you mean by that,

pffft! I write paragraphs of context and you can't tell where I was coming 
from? I guess "context-free" grammars are for you! ;)

> and then promptly
> disagree with most everything I say in my reply.

Admit it, THAT irks you. 1. I am honest. 2. I know what I want. (The side 
notes to 1 and 2 are that I can be facetious and that I don't know what is 
impossible).

>   Okay.  I guess if
> that works for you..

I understand: if thinking will make your head explode, don't do that! 
(hehe).

Tony








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